Chrysozephyrus duma

Metallic green hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chrysozephyrus
Species:	C. duma
Binomial name
	Chrysozephyrus duma; (Hewitson, 1869)
Synonyms
	Dipsas duma Hewitson, 1869; Chrysozephyrus duma sadayukii Koiwaya, 1996; Chrysozephyrus duma sakakibarai Koiwaya, 2000; Thecla desgodinsi Oberthür, 1886; Zephyrus desgodinsi Oberthür, 1914;

Chrysozephyrus duma, the metallic green hairstreak,^[2]^[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Subspecies

Chrysozephyrus duma duma
Chrysozephyrus duma desgodinsi (Oberthür, 1886) (western China, Szechwan, Yunnan)
Chrysozephyrus duma makikoae Morita, 2002 (northern Vietnam)

The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Nagaland and Manipur,^[1] Bhutan and south western China.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.8.
^ ^a ^b Chrysozephyrus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysozephyrus duma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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